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Housing Trust Funds: Barriers and Opportunities

...housing. Major federal programs include housing choice vouchers, public housing projects, Section 8 project based rental assistance, Section 515 rural rental program and Section 521 rural rental

Publication

December 8, 2009
Tags housing subsidies, housing trust finds, private housing funds

Four Elements of Better Housing Policy 

...Housing Design Facilitates Placemaking Housing that is sited close to daily activities and public transit is an essential element of housing policy, but the built form of

Council Briefs

November 15, 2023
Tags Affordable Housing, blight, Detroit, Greenfield, housing, Infill, local government, placemaking, public transit, Rent Assistance

Rethinking Middle-Income Housing Subsidies

...housing production grants to reduce the construction costs of middle-income housing. In addition, changes have been proposed to allow the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) to

Council Briefs

July 19, 2023
Tags Affordable Housing, economic development, housing, Housing and Community Development Fund, housing subsidies, local government, low income, middle-income housing, missing middle, MSHDA

Affordable Housing Policies Must Address Affordability for the Lowest-Income Households

...income on rent.  Michigan’s Affordable Housing Laws Michigan’s affordable housing strategy has included tax abatement tools for local governments to encourage the development of affordable workforce housing.

Council Briefs

February 2, 2023
Tags Affordable Housing, Attainable Housing Facilities Act, cost burden, housing, Housing Choice Voucher, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Rent burden, Rent Subsidy, Rental Housing, tenants

The Link Between Housing Affordability and Transportation 

...not considered, households may exchange housing affordability for increased transportation costs. Affordable Housing is Linked to Transportation Housing (including utilities) is generally considered affordable if it requires

Council Briefs

August 31, 2023
Tags Affordable Housing, built environment, housing, housing affordability, local government, planning, public transit, TOD, transit, transit oriented development, transportation, transportation costs, Zoning

Tenant Protections can Restore Power Balance in Landlord-Tenant Relationships 

...receive housing assistance, like vouchers, is a common barrier to finding affordable housing for low-income renters. Recent studies suggest that landlords are using housing assistance in their

Council Briefs

April 21, 2023
Tags Detroit, eviction, housing, housing stability, just-cause eviction, landlord, local government, low-income, Michigan, right to counsel, tenant, tenant protections, tenant screening

Authorization for Interlocal Agreements and Intergovernmental Cooperation in Michigan

...referred to as collaboration, joint public services, interlocal agreements, and mutual aid agreements. Local governments engage in cooperative acts in a multitude of forms: consultation, voluntary regional

Publication

April 1, 2007
Tags authorization, collaboration, consolidation, constitution, cooperation, joint service provision

Examining Detroit’s Vacancy Rate Drop

...any point in time is known as the vacancy rate. It represents the number of vacant housing units divided by the total number of housing units. It

Council Briefs

March 8, 2022
Tags assessed value, blight, blight remediation, City of Detroit, Detroit, detroit neighborhoods, housing market, housing stock, neighborhoods, overassessed, overtaxed, proposal n, residential property, residential vacancy, taxable value, vacancy, vacancy rate, vacant housing

Will Property Taxes be Immune to the Effects of COVID-19?

...Detroit’s big three automakers’ share of the market and profits. Both General Motors and Chrysler filed for bankruptcy. The housing market in Michigan and the nation collapsed;

Council Briefs

April 22, 2020
Tags Coronavirus, COVID-19, economic recessions, great recession, local property tax, Michigan, property tax, property taxes, Public Health, state property tax

Michigan Can Do More To Combat Intimate Partner Violence

...Justice administers a Transitional Housing Assistance Grant to states and other local units of government.  The grant funds 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for

Council Briefs

March 27, 2023
Tags crime, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, gun violence, housing, Intimate Partner Violence, Michigan, Michigan legislature, Public Health
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